Philadelphia in 1824: Or, a Brief Account of the Various Institutions and Public Objects in this Metropolis : Being a Complete Guide for Strangers, and an Useful Compendium for the InhabitantsH. C. Carey & I. Lea, 1824 - 254 páginas |
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... feet , near the margin of the river bank , others apply the axe to clear the underwood , or to fell trees , whose limbs and foliage may supply sides and roofs to their humble dwellings . In other cases , some dig sods , and of them form ...
... feet , near the margin of the river bank , others apply the axe to clear the underwood , or to fell trees , whose limbs and foliage may supply sides and roofs to their humble dwellings . In other cases , some dig sods , and of them form ...
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... the wood . The writer has now an oaken Urn , made from a piece of the abutment wharf , which lay there , six feet under the present surface , 140 years ! the Indians , to amuse William Penn and show their HISTORY OF PHILADELPHIA . 15.
... the wood . The writer has now an oaken Urn , made from a piece of the abutment wharf , which lay there , six feet under the present surface , 140 years ! the Indians , to amuse William Penn and show their HISTORY OF PHILADELPHIA . 15.
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... feet broad , and Arch street 66 feet : the rest of the east and west streets are 50 feet each . Broad street , which was originally intended to be in the centre of the streets running north and south , is 113 feet broad ; the other ...
... feet broad , and Arch street 66 feet : the rest of the east and west streets are 50 feet each . Broad street , which was originally intended to be in the centre of the streets running north and south , is 113 feet broad ; the other ...
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... feet below the surface , and from other indications , it appears probable that the site of Phila- delphia was once covered by the ocean . A few years since , hickory nuts were found more than thirty feet below the sur- face , by persons ...
... feet below the surface , and from other indications , it appears probable that the site of Phila- delphia was once covered by the ocean . A few years since , hickory nuts were found more than thirty feet below the sur- face , by persons ...
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... feet by 71 . The front on Fourth street is neat and in good taste . The altar has a very beautiful and impressive ... feet long and 60 feet wide . Its pastor is the Rev. Mr. Roloff . 4. St. Joseph's , in a court between Willing's Alley ...
... feet by 71 . The front on Fourth street is neat and in good taste . The altar has a very beautiful and impressive ... feet long and 60 feet wide . Its pastor is the Rev. Mr. Roloff . 4. St. Joseph's , in a court between Willing's Alley ...
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alley Alms-House amount annually elected Arch street Asylum bank building canal on left canal on right capital cell charter Chesnut street Church and Burial-Ground city and county county of Philadelphia court daily Delaware District dollars eastern wing erected established Fair Mount feet four Fourth street Friday front funds Historical map incorporated institution Insurance John Joseph legislature locks Lombard street makers managers manufacturers Market street ment miles Monday Moyamensing Natural Philosophy New-York Nicholas Biddle Northern Liberties Penn Penn Township Pennsylvania Phila Poplar lane Presbyterian Church present President prison purpose quarto Richard Peters river Saturday schools Schuylkill Second street Secretary Sixth street Society South Southwark State-House stockholders Sunday Third street Thomas Thursday tion Treasurer United vols Walnut street water power Wednesday wharf William William Meredith William Rawle William Tilghman
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Página 137 - State, our law regarding that there were cases that did not fall within this definition that might be murder in the first degree, passed an Act of Assembly, which reads in part as follows : "All murder which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, rape, robbery or burglary, s'hall be deemed murder of the first degree, and...
Página 72 - Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana.
Página xiv - Susquehannah (that tends to the heart of the Province, and both sides our own) it is like to be a great part of the settlement of this age.
Página 3 - VEGETABLE MATERIA MEDICA of the United States ; or Medical Botany : containing a Botanical, General, and Medical History of Medicinal Plants, indigenous to the United States ; illustrated by coloured Engravings, made after original Drawings from Nature, done by the Author.
Página 69 - ... such young married artificers under the age of twentyfive years as have served an apprenticeship in the said town, and faithfully fulfilled the duties required in their indentures, so as to obtain a good moral character from at least two respectable citizens, who are willing to become their sureties...
Página 102 - The object of this institute is, as stated in its constitution, " the promotion and encouragement of manufactures, and the mechanic and useful arts, by the establishment of popular lectures on the sciences connected with them ; by the formation of a cabinet of models and minerals, and a library ; by offering premiums on all subjects deemed worthy of encouragement ; by examining all new inventions submitted to them ; and by such other means as they may judge expedient." The constitution was adopted...
Página xiv - Philadelphia, the expectation of those, that are concerned in this province, is, at last, laid out, to the great content of those here, that are many ways interested therein.
Página 74 - ... feet from the floor to the crown of the arch, and is executed with great precision and effect. An Isthmian wreath, carved in one entire block of Pennsylvania white marble, surrounds the clock face, which occupies the space of the first panel over the entablature in the centre, the design of which is copied from the reverse of an antique gem found at Corinth, and described by Stuart in his work on the Antiquities of Athens. The tellers...
Página 68 - April, 1775, was the day of founding the Pennsylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery, the relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondage, and for improving the condition of the African race.
Página 122 - an act to provide for the education of children at the public expense, within the city and county of Philadelphia.